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Drinking alcohol in the street in Boston town centre will be illegal from today, after public consultation revealed "overwhelming support" for the introduction of the ban.

On Monday night Boston Borough Council agreed to be among the first in the country to introduce new legislation declaring the town centre a drink-free area.

Anyone found drinking alcohol in the designated area will be subject to arrest if, when requested by a police officer, they do not stop drinking or surrender the drink.

Under the new rules any person failing to stop drinking when requested will be committing an offence and can be arrested and fined - £100 for a first offence and up to £500 for a second offence committed within six months of the first.

The force has released CCTV images of two people they wish to speak to in connection with the crime Credit: Lincolnshire Police

The force has released CCTV images of two people they wish to speak to in connection with the crime Credit: Lincolnshire Police

Lincolnshire Police are appealing for information after a distraction fraud at a betting shop in Boston.

The force has released CCTV images of two people they wish to speak to in connection with the crime.

At about 1.30pm on Thursday November 20, a couple walked into the Ladbrokes betting shop in the Market Place. They asked the cashier to change notes into different denominations, and they used techniques to confuse the cashier into handing out more money than was received.

Then, the man kept the cashier distracted while the woman left the shop so that she was gone before the cashier had time to realise what had happened.

It is six months to the day since a tidal surge led to hundreds of people being evacuated from their flooded homes in Boston in Lincolnshire. Today residents are being offered advice from the council and the Environment Agency about flood grants.

The Stump and swollen River Witham Credit: ITV News Central

They are also being encouraged sign up to the automatic emergency flood warnings and personal flood plans.